tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post5293756885489626138..comments2015-08-02T16:07:21.312-04:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: Too many doctors?Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-38641380282930778832012-05-09T17:48:32.176-04:002012-05-09T17:48:32.176-04:00Stop the flow of all doctors from foreign medical ...Stop the flow of all doctors from foreign medical schools...they are coming here in droves!! <br /><br />You can&#39;t tell me the admission process is the same for them as it is here in the US...let alone the classes and the requirements. <br /><br />I say only doctors that attend an American medical school can be eligle to practice medicine in America!,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-35505019120627914492012-03-08T20:21:19.147-05:002012-03-08T20:21:19.147-05:00I want to get you started on ID again . . .I want to get you started on ID again . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-50778227682921379712012-03-08T20:20:36.458-05:002012-03-08T20:20:36.458-05:00I want to get you started on ID again . . .I want to get you started on ID again . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-45385024846847833432012-02-21T01:18:21.627-05:002012-02-21T01:18:21.627-05:00THERE IS NO SHORTAGE. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH...THERE IS NO SHORTAGE. I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A CONSPIRACY NUT, BUT WHO BENEFITS FROM A POSSIBLE DOCTOR SURPLUS? YOU KNOW, A TIME WHEN DOCS ARE STRUGGLING TO GET A JOB AND BARELY GETTING PAID, MAKING THE REGULAR DOC TO ACCEPT LESS AND LESS SALARY...THAT´S RIGHT, HOSPITALS, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, BIG MEDICAL GROUPS ETC. THE SURPLUS IN THE U.S. IS SOO HUGE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT FROM SPACE. OBVIOUSLY ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY: ONLY THE VERY FEW SEE THE INDIGENT AND UNINSURED. WE NEED TO CLOSE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, LIMIT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL SLOTS AND MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL DOCS ACCEPT INDIGENT PATIENTS TO KEEP A STATE LICENSE: PROBLEM SOLVEDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-40975360192551828552010-08-14T09:06:29.975-04:002010-08-14T09:06:29.975-04:00Maybe the gov&#39;t will flood the field with high...Maybe the gov&#39;t will flood the field with high-IQ doc&#39;s from India and China, to lower wages? (Snark)<br /><br />By the way, I need to be paid more, and I am not a doctor, Government, government, where are you????Shawnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-30710347553053709062007-11-29T02:15:00.000-05:002007-11-29T02:15:00.000-05:00Well said. I couldn't agree more. And if you w...Well said. I couldn't agree more. And if you wonder why primary care pay lags behind that of specialists, look no further than the AMA and the RUC which sets the compensation levels for physician services.<BR/><BR/>I rant a bit about that over here at <A HREF="http://allbleedingstops.blogspot.com/2007/11/ranting-on-ruc.html" REL="nofollow">Movin' Meat</A><BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>SFshadowfaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-82429909888539972962007-11-17T17:54:00.000-05:002007-11-17T17:54:00.000-05:00Maybe instead of ramping up primary care pay, pare...Maybe instead of ramping up primary care pay, pare back specialist pay. Of course, there's no way that's going to happen.<BR/><BR/>"why not just limit the fellowship slots for cardiologists and gastroenterologists?"- Bad idea, creates cartels with more leverage than they have already.<BR/><BR/>"Some docs enjoy their well paying practices most of the time and volunteer a few days a month at the local free clinic."- unfair expectation.<BR/><BR/>The way to address the "doctor shortage" is for the customer to pay the full fee with no government assistance. If medical bills stayed at their current levels legislating this would turn a "doctor shortage" into a "doctor surplus" with the stroke of a pen. Necessarily fees would plummet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-46759912670394622702007-11-17T16:35:00.000-05:002007-11-17T16:35:00.000-05:00It's an important rumination. As the world gets le...It's an important rumination. As the world gets less and less altruistic, it seems unreasonable to expect that docs will or should get more and more. Maybe there will come a time when all docs are expected to be deployed where needed for the first two years (or so) out of training. If it were universal, it might both solve the distribution problem and be considered acceptable. But I'd like to think that other professions would be similarly mandated.Sid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-71850402262526665212007-11-16T23:56:00.000-05:002007-11-16T23:56:00.000-05:00Jason, the VA is probably paying very competitive ...Jason, the VA is probably paying very competitive salaries for primary care, especially with benefits and some job security, whereas there's no way in hell the VA pays its cardiologists and gastroenterologists comparable to what those specialists can make in a group practice. It's all about the money. When primary care docs are paid enough that new MDs will feel it is a worthwhile career choice, more of them will choose it. For now they are going to specialties and hospital medicine in droves, and I wonder who is going to take care of us all when we need a doctor for general medical problems and old age.janemarieMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04456131748909653894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-1143360339655194132007-11-16T19:32:00.000-05:002007-11-16T19:32:00.000-05:00I would have to disagree with the Atlantic. I rec...I would have to disagree with the Atlantic. I recuit for my hospital (the VA) and we have an easy time recuiting docs for primary care here in las vegas. It is almost impossible to hire a GI doc or Cardiologist. It took me a year to get an orthopedist to work for 300k yr with a VA type schedule. <BR/><BR/>I do agree that there are health inequities in this country that need to be fixed, but this entire country has become a giant inequity between the have's and the have-nots. <BR/><BR/>I do agree that primary care docs do need to get paid more. Perhaps that will eventually happen, it has supposedly been coming down the pipe since 1995. Must be a long pipe.Jasonhttp://physicianjobs.typepad.com/the_physician_jobs_blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-71542536964244633262007-11-16T12:33:00.000-05:002007-11-16T12:33:00.000-05:00just come visit.just come visit.Bongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-12337993652295422112007-11-16T11:31:00.000-05:002007-11-16T11:31:00.000-05:00why not just limit the fellowship slots for cardio...why not just limit the fellowship slots for cardiologists and gastroenterologists?<BR/>or at some point, with too many gi docs, they will either make less money or move to less served areas, addressing the problem. if we continue to oversupply them, then they will start doing some primary care or take further paycuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-20928701877358115552007-11-15T15:43:00.000-05:002007-11-15T15:43:00.000-05:00May I suggest a bit of both worlds? Some docs enjo...May I suggest a bit of both worlds? Some docs enjoy their well paying practices most of the time and volunteer a few days a month at the local free clinic. It's a way to serve both areas and meet your own, well deserved rewards.Lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17510888435158381365noreply@blogger.com